wrongly overlooked is francis marion. him call him the "swamp fox" because of the cagey, new approach he takes to war. once a traditional british soldier himself, marion no longer sees the wisdom of just marching into battle. instead, using his own homegrown style of guerilla fighting, marion plays a pivotal role in the defeat of the british southern strategy and, in turn, american victory in the war. >> we'll give those redcoats a proper welcome, won't we? >> we're lucky to have had peace as long as we've had. i wouldn't be so eager for war if i were you. >> five years into the revolutionary war, the back-and-forth in the northern states has turned in the americans' favor. in response, the british look to the south. with a heavily loyalist population, the brits have built-in support in south carolina. >> because there was this large loyalist contingent in the south, the british would go to the south, and they would mobilize those loyalists on behalf of the british empire, and then they would work their way north against

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and about 150 men are being escorted by british troops and ambushed by the swamp fox, by francis marion. marion frees these men but he's very taken back to find that about 70 of them say we don't want to go with you. we want to go on to charleston and be held as prisoners of war. these were maryland and delaware continentals who pretty much had it. they marched hundreds of miles, fought in the summer heat of south carolina, on terrible rations, hadn't been paid months. they were much more willing to two as prisoners of war to charleston than go off with marion and do who knows what. but these men add to the numbers in charleston so with the escapes going on, additional number, the british make a critical decision regard to the future of many of these men. that is they put them aboard prisoner ships. they would have been in the ashley riff hever here, cooper on this side. they put them on prison ships in a very difficult time of the year in charleston. the one visitor to charleston in the 18th century said of the city in the spring it is a paradise, in the summer it isa s hell, in fall i

and about 150 men are being escorted by british troops and they're ambushed by francis marion. marion frees these men. but he's very taken aback to find that about 70 of them say we don't want to go with you. we want to go on to charston and be held as prisoners of war. these brs maryland and delaware couldn't nebtales who had marched hundreds of miles and fought in the summer heat of south carolina. they hadn't been paid in months. they were much more willing to go as prisoners of war to charleston than go off with amerion and do who knows what. they add to the numbers in charleston. with the additional numbers, the british make a critical decision with regard to the future of many of these men. that is they put them aboard prison ships in charleston harbor. they would have been in the ashley river here, in the cooper river here on this side. they thut them on the prison ships at a difficult time of the year in charleston. the one visitor tore charleston in the 18th century said of the city, in is the spring, it is a paradise. in the summer, it is a hell. in the fall, it is a g

and francis marion did an amazing job and people don't know who he is and a lot of america never hearding and as an exciting episode and we hope everybody will stay tuned for it. >> you say people didn't know who he was but in preparation for the show an hour ago i said to my assistant who is this guy. >> yeah, you didn't even know. >> i had no idea so i will have to stick around. who is he? i didn't know who he was. >> in the late '50s, disney did a movie on him called the swamp box and that's the last we heard of him. people should know him and that's why we did the episode. it is an exciting thing and i'm very proud. >> bill, we will be watching at 8:00, obviously i need to watch it more than most because i didn't know who he was. thank you for joining us. >> greta, thank you for having me in. >> one more reminder, tonight legends and lies" after on the record only on fox news, the number one network a owl -- in all of cable news. >>> don't you wonder what donald trump will be doing all week? does he have something up his sleeve paul manafort here next. routine. it's a hard thing to

this one tackling francis marion known for his unconventional fighting tactics.ere is a peek. ♪ where is marion? >> they have taken our homes and friends and now independence. legends and lies. and that airs sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on fomgs fox news channel. >>> a national heatwave kicking in high gear including philadelphia as that city prepares to host the democratic national convention. >> and the democratic ticket coming in to focus as hillary clinton tapped tim kaine to be her running mate. what does the virginia senator bring to the race. >> he is qualified to step into this job and lead on day one. he is a progressive who likes to get things done. i accept i'm not 22 i accept i'm not the rower i used to be. i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but what i won't accept is getting out there with less than my best. so if i can go for something better than warfarin, i will. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better thsignificantlyd less major bleeding than warfa